Tennessee

Tennessee

The objective of this workbook is to provide readers a solid foundation upon which they, and all of the people involved, can understand basic farm and forest succession planning concepts and processes. Of equal importance, this workbook seeks to prepare all of the individuals to effectively search for and use the appropriate professional services required for the development of a high‐quality farm succession plan.

The Land Connection trains farmers in resilient, restorative farming techniques; informs the public about the sources of our food and why that matters; and works to protect and enhance farmland so that we, and generations to come, will have clean air and water, fertile soil, and healthy, delicious food.

The Land Connection’s classified section is a place to help find a farmer for your land, or find farmland to launch your farm business. This section can also help you find a mentor or intern.

This bill enacts the "Food Desert Relief Act." This bill authorizes the Tennessee local development authority to issue revenue bonds and to make the proceeds available for loans to develop property food desert relief enterprises that private industry alone would be otherwise unable to serve, at interest rates lower than would otherwise be obtainable.

At the request of the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation, American Farmland Trust (AFT) conducted a Cost of Community Services (COCS) study to find out the current net fiscal impact of existing land uses in Tipton County. The study analyzes revenues and expenditures on a land use basis for fiscal year 2005 (July 2004 to June 2005). It examines revenues by land use and the financial demands of public services (e.g., public safety, government administration, schools, courts, etc.) and shows the cost of providing these services to residential, commercial and industrial, and farmland uses.

At the request of the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation, American Farmland Trust (AFT) conducted a Cost of Community Services (COCS) study to find out the current net fiscal impact of existing land uses in Blount County, Tennessee. The study analyzes revenues and expenditures on a land use basis for fiscal year 2005 (July 2004 to June 2005).

At the request of Cumberland Region Tomorrow, American Farmland Trust (AFT) conducted a Cost of Community Services (COCS) study to find out the current net fiscal impact of existing land uses in Robertson County. The study analyzes revenues and expenditures on a land use basis for fiscal year 2005 (July 2004 to June 2005). It examines revenues by land use and the financial demands of public services (e.g., public safety, government administration, schools, courts, etc.) and shows the cost of providing these services to residential, commercial and industrial, and farmland uses.